Phonograph



April 19, 1932. J SEABOLT 1,855,156 I PHONOGRAPH Filed Aug. 9, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 I April 19, 1932. J SEABOLT 1,855,156

ruouoemrn Filed Aug. 9, 1923 s Sheets-Sheet 2 April 19, 1932.

F. J. SEABOLIT PHONOGRAPH Filed Aug. '9, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3' [n venlfor Patented Apr. 1932 FRANKJ. SEAIBOLT, OI? SCHENECTADY,

IiTEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE PHONOGRAPH COMP ANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE PHONO GRAPH Application filed August 9, 1923. Serial No. 656,570.

My invention relates to improvements in phonographs and the like and has for its object the provision of improved means whereby a plurality of records of assorted sizes I may be played automatically in succession.

In my previous Patents Nos. 1,622,814 and 1,623,559 I have employed an arm pivoted to move in a horizontal plane for shifting the records to and from playing position on O the turntable. This arm is provided at its free end with a pivoted pin in a vertical position which engages the center hole in the record to shift the records by sliding them along the table. The arm is turned on its pivot by an electric motor energized when theend of a record is reached and the tone arm is turned back to the proper position'for the new record by electrically controlled means.

My presentinvention in one aspect is in the nature of an improvement upon these earlier devices, one of the important improvements consisting in the substitution of a straight line movement of the record shifting pin for the arcuate movement of the prior devices. This provides a better mechanical arrangement and also makes possible a more convenient shape for the cabinet. Many of the operations which were carried out electrically in the earlier forms I hax e now worked out mechanically with the result that a simpler device as a whole is provided. Various other important features of my invention will appearin the course of the following specification, in which I have disclosed my invention embodied in form for purposes of illustration.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention in one desirable form Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the main elements of my phonograph, certain parts being broken away and others somewhat enlarged to clarify the mode of operation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the phonograph as a whole. Fig. 3 is a detail partly broken away of the record shifting bridge; Fig. 4 is a section on line 4- 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an elevation of the phonograph as a whole, Figs. 6 and 7 are details of the needle lifting device; Fig. 8 is a diagram of the circuit connecconcrete tions'; Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of the arm shifting mechanism and'Fig. 10 is a detail of the record magazine.

Referring first to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the location of turntable 10 is at about the center of the cabinet 11, the usual tone-arm 12 being located as shown. To the left of the turntable is the magazine for containing unplayd records and symmetrically arranged at the right of the turntable is the receiving table in the nature of a trapdoor device 13, which deposits the played records into the receptacle below from which they may be recovered through door 13. Two endless parallel link belts 14 and 15, one on each side of the turntable and connected by a bridge 16, form the record shifting means. The bridge is shown in detail in Figs. 3 and 4. It consists of a bar. 17 secured to the link belts so as to move in a horizontal plane always parallel with itself. The record shifting pin 18 is pivoted at 18' to a supplementary arm 19 pivoted at 20 so as to oscillate in a plane perpendicular to the arm 19. This pin passes through the bridge and enters the center hole in the record. The arm 19 has a limited movement on its pivot between the spacer 21 and the knurled head 22 there being provided a knob 23 for lifting the pin out of the hole in the record to facilitate the manual removal and. insertion of records as hereinafter pointed out. The pin 18 normally assumes a vertical position and is free to move on its pivot in one direction from the vertical, i. e., to the right in Fig. 4 but is restrained from movement in the opposite direction by the projection 24 on pin. As shown in Fig. 2, a record is being played and the pin 18 is projecting into the hcge in the record'at the centerof the turnta le.

When'the end of a record is reached a small electric motor is energized to carry the bridge to the right (Fig. 2) and since the pin 18 is projecting into the hole in the the r record and the pin can not move to the left Y on its pivot, the record is slid across the turntable and onto the table 13. When the bridge has moved to the right far enough to carry the record to about the middle of table I of the bridge.

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13, which is held in horizontal position by the pivoted detents 26spring pressed to the position shown in Fig. 2, by springs 26' the table is released and, since the table is pivoted at 27and the greater part of the record is to the left of the pivot, it turns on its pivot as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 and deposits the record below. The detents are moved to release the table by projections-28 which engage the detents at the right of their pivots just before the center of the record coincides with the center of thetable, and

continues to hold the detent released as the bridge and record move farther. -As soon therefore as the left-hand edge of the record asses the edge of the opening which is closed by the table 13, the latter tilts, and the record slides down as shown in Fig. 5, into engagement with thestack of records below, the ri ht hand edge of the record forcing the table, which is nearly counterbalanced, out of the way. When the record has cleared the table, the latter returns" to horizontal position due to its being slightly over-counterbalanced at 29. As shown a wall or partition 30 is located so that the left hand edges of the records engage it. This all happens before the detents are released by the return When therefore, the detents are released, the table is in horizontal position and will be held there by the detents.

As the bridge 16 moves to the left afterthe record is deposited as above described,

it moves across the turntable, the-pin 18, of course, clearing the table, and to the extreme left until the bridge is substantially over the center of the record 31 in the magazine at the left. This record as hereinafter pointed out, is above the surface of the turntable and that of the stationary platform surrounding the turntable, the bottom surface of the reccord being flush with the surface of the surrounding platform. When the pin 18 enof the record 31 it turns easily on its pivot and then glides lightly over the surface of the record until it drops into the center hole in the record. At this point, the movement of the bridge to the left ceases and reverse movement'is begun, whereupon the pin 18 which is now restrained from moving beyond the vertical position, carries the record with it to the center of the turntable. The bridge 16 is now in its starting position but a new record is below it in playing position upon the turntable. This in general, is I shall now describe the mechanism whereby these operations are brought about.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the tone arm 12 is provided with a projection 32, which engages a pivoted switch arm 33 and turns it on its pivotinto engagement with its contact 34, when, the end of the record having been reached, the tone .arm is moved quickly in toward the center of'the record by belts 14 and 15 will best be understood by refhereinafter described. The driving erence to Fig. 1. The motor drives through worm gearing 36 the ring gear 37 mounted on and secured to a shaft At the center of the ring gear and secured to the shaft 38 is a mutilated spur gear 39. This ring gear and the spur gear are driven in a counterclockwise direction looking at Fig.1, there being teeth at two places 40 and 41 on thegear 39 and at one place 42 on the ring gear.

On the lower edge of the gear, at 42' are a few teeth which drive the shaft 43 to lift the needle as hereinafter described. A gear44 is located between the gear39 and the ring gear 37 so as to be engaged and turned alternately by the teeth on the gear 39 and on the ring gear and thereby reverse thedirection rotation of the gear 44 Bevel gearing 45, driven by gear 44 operates shaft 46, to which are secured the sprocket wheels 47 drivingthe sprocket chains. These chains may have under them narrow strips 47 to prevent them from sagging. The motor 25, therefore, being engaged, turns the ring gear 37 and gear 39 in a counter-clockwise direction. The initial movement of the gear 37 merely turns shaft 43, since the gear 44 is not engaged by any teeth until shaft 43 i's'turned and the needle lifted. When this is completed teeth 41 on the gear 39 mesh with the'teeth of gear 44 and turn this gear in a clockwise direction, thereby turning sprocket wheels 47 in a clockwise direction (looking at Fig. 1). The bridge 16 therefore moves to the right (Fig. 2) as above described. When' the bridge reaches approximately the center of the table 13, the gear 44 is engaged by the teeth 42 which reverses the direction of movement of the bridge, this engagementicontinuing until the bridge is carried the center of record 31. At this point teeth 42 pass out of engagement and teeth 40 on the gear 39 engage the teeth of gear 44 to again reverse the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thus completmg the cycle of operations.

As above pointed out, theinitial movement of the electric motor lifts the needle by turning the shaft 43. This shaft turns disk 48, in a counter-clockwise direction (looking at Fig. 1).

This disk is pr'ovidedwith twoj pawls 49 backed by pins 50. Asthe. disk 9 rotates, the first pawl eng ges th levrvmi i pivoted at 52, and'by rockin it 'onyirt' lpivotmg pushes link 53 downward which in turn moves crank-54 and shaft 55 in 'a clockwise direo' tion. Secured to this shaft through awe-0. g I

operating members 56, is thefiexible member 57 which passes upward inside of the horn and engages the reproducer' arm at 58-and is lifted it will be held in that thereby lifts the needle. This is shown in my previous Patent No. 1,622,814 above referred to. The arrangement of these two cooperat-,

part 60 limits the relative movement of thetwo parts. When the shaft turns and with it the part 59, if there is a pull on flexible member 57, which will be the case ifthe flexible member and its connections are intact so that the wei ht of the reproducer is on the flexible mem er, the two parts will move as a unit to the osition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, there y operating the switch 62 to closed position. If, however, there is no pull on the flexible member, the part 59 will turn with the shaft, but the part 60 will be re strained by the switch and forced to turn on its pivot as shown in Fig. 7. The-switch 62 will therefore not be closed. When the needle position by spring pressed latch 64. This latch will be tripped when the end of the cycle is reached by the rod 64 operated bycam 65 on shaft 38. When the latch is tripped, thereproducer will drop under the retardation of dashpot 66 untilthe needle strikes the record and the flexible member is relaxed.

The needle having now been lifted, the

- bridge starts to move to the right and carryspring 70, the free end of the rod engaginw a projection 71 on the tone armand gradua 1y ing to the left over the turntable. The amount:

orcing'the needle toward the outer edge of the turntable. This movement is accomplished very slowly, and may not begin until the cycle of record shifting operations is .well under way. As shown, no movement of the tone'arm will take place until about the middle of the cycle; i. e., when the bridge is passwhich the tone arm is turned back will depend upon the diameter of the record 31 which is tobeplaced on the table. To accomplish this, I have provided a lever 72 pivoted at 73, one end of which is provided with an anti-friction roller 74 to be engaged by the on-coming record, while the other end is provided with two stops 75 and 76, either one of which is engaged by projection 71 depending u on the diameter of the on-coming record. I this record is of small diameter, as for instance, a ten-inch record, the roller 74 will not be engaged by the record, and

hence the lever 72 will not be moved from the position'shown in Fig. 2'. Stop 75 will therefore be engaged by the projection 71 on the tone arm and stop the tone arm at the position corresponding with the proper starting osition of the needle for a ten-inch record. After the projection strikes the stop, s rings 68' will yield so as to allow the inner lalf of the rod 68 to be moved by the cam." When the oncoining record is a twelve-inch record, the record engages the roller 74 and moves-it so that the stop 75 will be out of the path of the rojection 71 and stop 76 willtake its pace. The tone arm will now be moved until projection 71 strikes stop 76, which will correspond with the starting position of the needle on a twelve-inch record. When the lever 72 is moved to this position, it is latched there by latch 77 until, during thenext cycle, a lug 78. moving to the left, trips the latch and permits the lever 72 which isspring pressed, to return to its original position. The reason for latching the leverin the twelve-inch position is to provide for a repeating of the record, in which case the record shifting mechanism does not operate, as hereinafter pointed out. In order to slightly retard the tone arm and steady its motion while being turned back, I provide a brake 7 6 which is operated by rod 68 through pivoted lever 77 During the playing of a record the brake will be entirely released.

The starting lever of the phonograph is shown at 79. In this case it is nothing more than a switch with a single contact for starting the electrically driven phonograph. As shown in Fig. 2, theoperation of this lever performs three other functions, First, when the starting lever is moved to'oif position, a roller 80 carried by it, engages lever 72 and pushes it outward so that stop 76 is in operative position for" stopping the tone arm. This happens, of course, only in case, when on the tone arm the starting lever is moved to off position,

the lever 72 was in position for stopping on a small record. In fact, the lever 72 may be pushed further by the roller 80 upon stopping so that neither stop 75 nor terfere with the movement of the tone arm. The purpose of all this is to facilitate manual operation of the phonograph, that is to say, a record of either size may be placed directly on to the turntable manually and the tone arm will be free to move to any position (the machine being stopped). Second, when the starting lever is moved to off position, the latch 77 is tripped. This isaccomplished by-a link 78 pivoted to the end of the startinglever. The opposite end of this link is provided with aslot engaging a pin in' the latch. When the starting lever is 76 will inmoved to off position, it therefore pulls the v latch out of latching position and there. As the starting lever moves farther,- the roller 80forces the lever 72 outward as above described. Upon re-starting, the'lever 72 will move back to its lower-most position -"corresponding with the position of the lever needle will not would be the case if the twelve-inch stop were set. In this case the needle will be carriederator places a ten-inch record upon the turntable, starts the machine and then throws the repeat lever (as hereinafter described) the be carried off the record as back onthe twelve-inch record to the teninch position and dropped. This machine is not intended to repeatthe record which is manually placed on the turntable since there is no way of automatically-setting the stop I 'ing of the machirie the lever 72 for a manually placed record. In case, however, an attempt is made to repeat this record no harm will be done since the needle cannot be .carried off the record. The slot in .the

link permits the latch to operate in its normal way as aboye described. Upon startwill return to the position which it occupied before the machine was stopped. Third, the movement of the starting lever to off position places a barrier 81 across the path of switch 33. The purpose of this is to prevent the accidental or careless closing of switch 33 by the moving of the tone arm inward toward the center of the turntable when the machine is stopped. The closing of switch 33 would start motor 25, which of course should not happen while the starting lever of the phonograph is in off position. The starting lever likewise has attached to it a switch 82 (see Fig. 8) the purpose of which will hereinafter appear.

In order to make it possible to repeat any record, I simply throw the record shifting mechanism out of operation by lifting the gear 44 outof meshing position; For this purpose I mount the gear 44 on a-spline' and lift it along its shaft by means of the lever 83. This may be done at any time during the playing of a record. The effect will be that when the end of the record is reached, the motor will be energized as usual, with the result that the needle will be lifted and the shaft 38 turned. This will operate cam 67 and turn the tone arm backthe same distance that it did on its first operation, since the position of the stop lever 72 is not changed. The record shifting mechanism is,

7 however, stationary, so that the played record will remain in place but the needle will be lifted, turned back to proper position and dropped. When the repeating lever is restored, either manually or automatically,

holds it.

.' No attempt has the cover 84 pivoted at 84 after one or mere repetitionsjtli'e automatie goperation will go on as before.

detail-the construction of the magazine on the left for containing the unplayed records. This construction ma be and, as shown, is identical .with that ully described in my earlier atents, particularly Patent No. 1,622,-

814. or present purposes it is sufiicient to say that the magazine. contains a number of records of assorted sizes in contact with each other with their centers-in vertical alignment and pressed upward by a spring against and held down by the member 85 the top record having its been made to describe in bottom surface flush with the top of the surf rounding table and with the surface of the turntable. When the top record is removed, the stack of records moves up so that the next succeeding one takes its place. -When the last record is removed two switches 82' and 85'(Fig. 8) are opened, for purposes which will be now described.

In'Fig. 8 I have shown a diagram of the electrical connections of my device. Referring to this figure, 86 represents as a whole, the phonograph, the turntable of which is in the center of Figs. 1, 2 and 5, As shown, this is an electrically driven phonograph, which may be of the well-known type now on the market, such as that shown inPatent No. 1,240,711 to C. 1. Hall, dated Dec. 18,

1917. It is started and stopped by the operation of switch 7 9 The tone arm 12, when the end of a record is reached operates switch 33 from its normal position in engagement with contact 87 ,to which it is spring pressed into engagement with contact 34. Two pairs of slip rings 88-88' and 89-89, are mounted on shaft 38 and consequently are driven by the motor. With the parts at rest, slip rings 89-89 form a conducting path for current but slip rings-88-88 do not. The brush on slip ring 88 is on a dead segment while the brushof ring 89 is on a live or conducting segment. There being records in the magazine, switches 82 and 85' are closed. \Vhen therefore the end of a record is reached. the circuit of motor-25 will be closed as follows; from the positive.

side of the line through contact 34, switch 85, motor 25, slip. rings 8989 and back to the negative side of the line. The motor now st'artsand lifts the needle and in doing so closes switch 62. If, for any reason, as

for instance, the breaking of the flexible connection .57, the needle is not lifted, then the switch 62 will not be closed, and the motor will be stopped before the record shifting mechanism starts because the brush 'on slip ring 89 passes oil the conducting segment when the needle lifting movement is completed and before the record shifting mechan ism starts. The switch 62 being closed, the clrcult is now through it instead of through the slip rings 89-89' and the motor will conj tinue to operate until the cycle is completed. As soon as the tone arm starts to move back,

the switch 33 will be moved back by its tion. Circuit will now be through these slip rings 88 88', motor 25 and switch '62. The slip rings are so proportioned and designed that when the motor has rotated suflicientlyto complete the cycle, and this will be when the ring gear and shaft 38 have made sub- 1 stantially one revolution, the brush of slip ring 88 will again pass on to its dead segment and the brush of slip ring 89 will pass on to its conducting segment. The switch 33 now being open, the motor stops. This operation will continue so long as there are any records in the magazine. When the last record is drawn from the magazine, switches 82 and 85 open as shown in Fig. 10. These magazine switches are operated in the same manner as the magazine switch shown in Fig. 11 of my previous Patent No. 1,622,814 except that there are two switches which are open instead of one which is closed when the last record is drawn from the magazine. The

two switches and the manner in which they are opened are shown in present Fig. 10 of this application. This, however, will notstop either the phonograph or the motor 36.

The latter can only be stopped by the completion of the pre-determined number of revolutions ofthe motor shaft-or by the droppingof the needle. The-phonograph 86 will not stop because the switch 82 has a parallel circuit around it through switch 33 and contact 87. The last record will therefore be shifted into place, the needle dropped and the record played. When the end of this last record is reached, switch 33 will be moved off contact 87 and onto contact 34. This will stop phonograph 86 because magazine switch 82 is open and motor 25 cannot start because magazine switch 85 is open.

The operation of my device will now be clear. Records of assorted sizes are placed in the magazine and a record placed on the turntable. The phonograph is then started in the usual way by moving the starting lever to on position and placing the'needle onto the record. When the end of a record is reached the record shifting'mechanism operates as above described and the records in the magazine are played consecutively and deposited in the receptacle at the right. If it is desired to repeat a record the. repeat lever is thrown and, upon the restoration of the lever, the automaticoperation continues. When the last record has been drawn from the magazine and played, the phonograph and, of course, the entire mechanism stops. Practically, any number of records may thus be played successively and-automatically or the machine may be used as an ordinary nonautomatic phonograph.

While I have described my embodied in concrete form for purposes of illustration it should be understood that I do not limit my invention thereto since variinvention as ms modifications thereof will suggest'themselves to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention, the

scope of which is set forth in the annexed claims.

I claim the like anda magazine of records adjacent thereto of a member movable in a straight line between the magazine and the turntable and having a part which enters the center hole of a record, means for reproducing a record and means whereby when the end of a record 1s reached sa d member is moved ,to engage the center hole of a record in the magazine and shift it tothe turntable.

- 2. The combination with a phonographor the llke and a magazine of records adjacent thereto, of a member mounted beside the magazine and turntable and movable in a straight line therebetween, said member ex- 1. The combination with a phonograph or tending in to the center of the record and 1 being provided with a part which enters the center hole of a record, means for reproducing a'record and meanswhereby whenthe end of a record is reached said member is moved to engage the center hole of a record in the magazine'and shift it to the turntable.

3. The combination with a phonograph or the like and a magazine of records adjacent thereto of a receptacle for played records be- 7 low the level of the turntable a member normally closing the receptacle and-movable so that the played record when placed upon the member will'slide down into the receptacle and means for-shifting a new record from the magazine to the turntable to replace it.

4. The combination with a phonograph or the like, and a'magazine of records adjacent thereto, of a receptacle for played records below the level of the turntable, a closure for] -1 said receptacle arranged to receive a' record and movable to permit the record to slide down into the receptacle and means for shifting a new record from the magazine to the turntable to replace it. p

5. The combination'with a phonograph or the like including a turntable, a magazine of records on one side thereof and a receptacle for played records on the opposite side all in a straight line, of a carrier movable in two directlons on each side thereof and parallel therewith, a bridge connected tosaid carriers normally at the center of the turntable and a projection therefrom extending into ,the center hole of a record on the turntable pivoted to move the record when moved in one direction and to glide over the record when moved in the opposite direction.

' 6. The combination with a phonograph or the like and a magazine'of-records ad acent thereto of a receptacle for pla ed adjacent the turntable,- a closure t erefor, and means for shifting a played record from. the turntable to the closure of the receptacle and replacing it by a new record from themagazine said closure being movable so that the played record will slide down into the rece tacle.

. The combination with a phonograph or" the like including a turntable and means for lifting the played and unplayed records respectively one on each side of the turntable and a record shifting mechanism for shifting successive records from one receptacle to the turntable and from the turntable to the other receptacle, said mechanism moving beneath the needle when the latter is lifted. a

8. The combination with the turntable of a phonograph including reproducing means, a magazine for unplayed records and a receptacle for'played records all arranged .m a straight line, of a record shlftlng member spanning the same transversely, means for moving said member parallel with said line when the end of 'a played record is reached and means associated with said member for movin successive played records to the receptac e and successive unplayed records from the magazine to the turntable.

9. The combination with a phonograph or the like and a magazine of records ad acent thereto, of a receptacle for played records adjacent the turntable, a t lting cover for the receptacle normally in positlon to recelve a-played record as it comes from the turntable. means for shifting successive played records from the turntable to the cover and new records fronrthe magazine to replace them so that the played record will slide down into the receptacle.

10. The.-combination with a phonograph or the like including reproducing means and a magazine of records adjacent thereto, of a bridge normally spanning a record on the turntable having a projection which enters the center hole of the'record, said projection bein movable whereby when the end of a reco r d is reached the played record is removed from the table and the bridge moves over. the magazine, engages the center hole of a record and moves the record to central position on the turntable.

11. The combination with a phonograph or the like of a stack of records of different 7 diameters and a receptacle for played records adjacent the turntable, a pivoted record support normally in horizontal position adjacent the turntable, means whereby when a recordof anydiameter on the turntable is completed it is caused to rest upon the support which thereafter turns on its records the needle thereof, of receptacles for League pivot to cause the record to slide into the rece tacle and a new record of any diameter s ifted from the stack to replace it.

12. The combination with a phonograph or the like of a stack'ofun'played records of different diameters adjacent the turntable thereof, a recordsuppo'rt normally in a horizontalposition and means whereby as successive records of diflerent diameters on the turntable are completed they are caused to rest upon the support which thereafter moves from the horizontal position to cause the records to form a stack adjacent the'table and unplayed records are shifted from the stack to replace them. i

13. The combinationwith a phonograph" cabinet and a turntable and reproducer mounted in the upper portion thereof, of a receptacle for played records within the cabinet and below the level of the turntable, an opening in the top of the cabinet for admitting a record to the receptacle, means whereby when a record on the turntable is completed it is automatically turned from the horizontal position and caused to slide through the opening into the receptacle and a door at the side of the cabinet through which the played records are removed.

14. The combination with a phonograph or the like including reproducing means and a magazine of records adjacent thereto, of a receptacle for played records below the level of the turntable, a pivoted record support normally in horizontal position adjacent the turntable, and whereby when a record on the turntable is completed it is caused to rest upon the support which automatically turns on its pivot'to cause the record to slide into the receptacle and a new record is movedfrom the magazine to replace it.

15. The combination with a phonograph or the like and a magazine of records adjacent thereto, of a receptacle for played records below the level of the table, a record support adjacent said receptacle and arranged to support a played record, said support being arranged to tilt to cause a record to slide downward into the receptacle and means for shifting a new record from the magazine to the turntable to replace it. v

16. The combinationwith a phonograph or the like and a receptacle for played records below the level of the turntable, of a movable record support adjacent the turntable and means for moving theplayed recv ord from the turntable to the support to rest thereon, the said support being thereafter moved to an inclined position by the weight of the record to cause the played record to slide downward into the receptacle.

17. The combination with a phonograph or the like including reproducing means and a magazine of records adjacent thereto, of a receptacle for played records below the level of the turntable, a record supporthaving a. horizontal position and an inclined position, and means whereby when a record on the turntable is completed it is caused to rest on the support in its horizontal position said support being movable to its inclined position to cause the record to slide into the receptacle and a new record is shifted from the magazine to replace it.

18. The combination with a phonograph .slide downwardly into the receptacle.

19. The combination with 'a phonograph turntable and reproducer, of a magazine for records adjacent thereto, a receptacle for played records below the level of the turntable, a record shifting member reciprocating above the level of the turntable between the magazine and the turntable and above the receptacle, means whereby when a record is completed the shifting member is operated to move the played record from the turntable to a position above the rcce tacle and then place a record on the turutaii and means whereby during such movement the played record is inclined above the receptacle so that it slides into the receptacle.

2O. The combination with a phonograph turntable of a receptacle for played records below the level of the turntable, an oscillating record shifting member having a portion which enters the centre hole of a record, means whereby when a record is completed the shifting member engages the record at the center hole of the record and slides it off the turntable and means whereby the record is caused to tilt upon leaving the turntable and slide downward into the receptacle.

21. The combination with a phonograph V turntable and reproducer of a receptacle for played records below the level of the turntable, a pivoted record shifting member havmg an oscillating movement above the turntable and provided with a portion which enters the centre hole of a record, meanswhere- FRANK msmnonT.

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